NOLA RISING: November 2011

24 November 2011

Happy Thanksgiving from the NoLA Rising Crew

A little Rex humor for you this Turkey Day. One day those turkeys just might rebel. Hope everyone had a happy and fun-filled day!

19 November 2011

Artwork donated for NoLA Rising's 5th It's Yours, Take It annual art for toys swap

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Pure by Dawn Iles
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El Duende by Claire Griffiths

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Untitled by Al Palmer

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Caroline Piccioni

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Schrodingers Cats by Asa Medhurst

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Fakey Cake Maker by Rachel Price

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by Eliot Draws

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Untitled by Elizabeth Spencer

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Patriotic...on both sides of the Ocean by Jan Drury

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Automatic Faces by Alice in Nowhereland
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Venus 2010 by Francesco Benenato

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Delicate 1 by Reena Clare

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Frozen Corrosive Under Planet by Garth Simmons

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Just arrived - From TOXIC NERD for the IYTI '05

by TOXIC NERD

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Mixed media collage by artist Claire Levine

by Claire Levine

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by Jacque Davis

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Artwork from Diane Millsap (donated for NoLA Rising's IYTI Art for Toys Swap)

by Diane Millsap

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Thank you to everyone who has donated artwork and for everyone who's got stuff on the way...will try and post by groups as work arrives!

NoLA RISING Paint Party - Art to Benefit IYTI Art for Toys Swap

PAINT PARTY - NOLA RISING & IT'S YOURS, TAKE IT
the old XO STUDIOS
the PARK next to 2833 Dauphine Street
(Dauphine and Press Streets... Marigny/Bywater border at the train tracks... New Orleans)
SUNDAY - NOVEMBER 20th - 2011 - NOON until 4ish

For the fifth installment of New Orleans’ It’s Yours, Take it, Rex would yet again like to continue the practice of a holiday art swap. For the fifth year in a row, artwork has been created and sent in for a toy for art swap to raise toys for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program and similar programs in the New Orleans area. The premise is simple: Someone brings a brand new toy in a box to donate to children and they get to take a piece of art with them. The toys are then donated to programs for their annual holiday distribution.

The paint parties have been going on since that pesky storm passed by our city and our levees failed due to (well, you know)... To bolster the NoLA Rising offerings to people who bring toys in a box, we are having a paint party in conjunction with New Orleans Fringe Festival. The artwork created during the art event will be stored until the day of the art swap at the Hi-Ho Lounge.

Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/290343927666151/

For more information, click any of the pictures in this post. Address for Hi-Ho below. Look forward to seeing you there,

All best,
Rex

IYTI - NoLA 5 - Art for Toys Swap Holiday Kick Ass Extravaganza (& shit like that)

IYTI NoLA 5 - LOCATION SET:
Hi-Ho Lounge
2239 St. Claude Avenue
New Orleans
December 11th, 2011

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What People Say...

CHRIS ROSE (nola): "It's all got a very Don Quixote feel to it, a lone wolf braying into the wilderness... It's art for art's sake. And for sanity's sake as well." & "NoLA Rising, a ragtag band of insurgent art missionaries who post artwork in public places as far and wide across the region as possible."

ANGELA PATE (nola): "New Orleans still needs so much help, but the people of NOLA are bringing back the bohemian, artistic atmosphere that makes me love it so much. Rex has become almost a cult leader, bringing NOLA back beyond just the infrastructure, but, more importantly, maybe, to it’s heart and soul."

Idiot the Wise a.k.a. INSPIRE (Tel Aviv): "If NOLA rises again, then its from the organized efforts of this guy...a true public art hero..."

A.J. (nola): "One day while traversing the muck of damage, alone in my car, I looked over and suddenly glimpsed a ray of color. A perfectly small square of color that simply stated Joy and then a short block away, another that read simply Hope. My car grinded to a slow halt in the street and I wept those post Katrina tears we've all shed following this time by a smile. Not a tiny grin but, a large and powerful giant size smile. "

Killian Doherty (Ireland): "Much to the disbelief of the destitute citizens of New Orleans, it became wholly apparent that the loss of the public realm was not due to the flooding, but to the governments' re-appropriation of it, when backs were turned.

Within this specter of a military dictatorship imposed to 'control' people' , ReX a local artist read the chasm between people’s physical disenfranchisement from their city and the unbridled appropriation of it by state as intolerable. ReX attempted to stitch this chasm closed with a humanist and practical intervention back into public space. 3,000 street signs were arduously hand- drawn, painted and affixed, to intersections throughout the city. ReX tried to weaved a sense of order back into the neglected fabric of New Orleans; his humanistic treatment gave people hope, allowing them to re orientate themselves again, empowering them to reclaim New Orleans, their home, amidst the neglect and oppression. It became a cultural movement for social justice."

KELLEY (detroit-ish): "This is great work!!!"

SINA (tucson): "Sunshine and art and happiness, the city, the soul will win...look how much more contagious NoLA Rising's efforts have become..."

MAGS (nola native): "Projects like NOLA Rising are only trying to spread a little love and joy via art to a depressed, beat-down population..."

VIRTUAL SHOCK (nola): "...it’s always heartwarming to see one of these signs."

DR. D. LEE (mobile): "...a rare and unique commodity."